BGC Partners

Ticker:BGCPYear-to-Date Performance: 67%Dividend Yield: 8.5%Market Cap: $1 billionInsider Buying: During the past six months, insiders bought nearly 140,000 more shares than they sold, according to data from Thomson Reuters Stock Reports.Notes: BGCP, a global brokerage mainly serving the wholesale financial and real estate markets, is set up like a partnership or real estate investment trust. That means it pays out almost all of its net earnings to shareholders in the form of dividends.